Sunsauce Foods Industrial Corp., Ltd v. Son Fish Sauce USA Corporation

I. BACKGROUND

20 Defendant initially noticed Plaintiff’s Rule 30(b)(6) deposition to take place in the 21 Northern District of California (i.e., the forum in which Plaintiff commenced this action). See 22 Joint Submission at 2. The Parties subsequently postponed the deposition. See id. at 3. 23 Defendant eventually re-noticed the deposition and set the deposition for a location in Irvine, 24 California (i.e., a location in the Central District of California, which is where counsel for both 25 Parties have an office). See id. 26 /// 27 ///

II. DISCUSSION

1 Plaintiff objects to requiring its Rule 30(b)(6) designee to appear for a deposition in 2 California (and the United States); Plaintiff does not frame its objection in terms of requiring its 3 designee to travel specifically to the Central District. See id. at 2-4. But prevailing law dictates 4 that the proper place for Plaintiff’s Rule 30(b)(6) deposition is the forum where Plaintiff chose to 5 file suit. Accordingly, and as explained more fully below, Plaintiff’s Rule 30(b)(6) designee must 6 appear for a deposition in person in the Northern District of California. However, the Parties may 7 stipulate to taking…